Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

"Ernest L. Williams" <[email protected]> · Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:55:14 -0800

Hi Andrew,

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On Feb 11, 2011, at 11:39, Andrew Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Friday 11 February 2011 13:17:22 Jeff Hill wrote:
>>> I have the following running under ...
>>> 
>>> vxWorks 6.8:
>>> Intel Dual Core
>> 
>> You must be one of the first sites running EPICS on the new symmetric
>> multiprocessing (SMP) vxWorks!
> 
> Ernest, if you have more than one core enabled I can _guarantee_ that your IOC 
> is not going to run properly.  Our vxWorks OSD code is not ready for SMP 
I will look into turning off SMP

> operation yet, it needs someone to go through it with a fine tooth-comb, which 
> might be a good Codeathon project for one of your guys.
> 
>>> Must I throw the  "-mlong"  flag?
>>> I thought that was only for the PowerPC architecture.?
> 
> It's not going to be as simple as that.
> 
> Please try running the libCom test suite on this CPU first:
>    cd "/path/to/epics/base"
>    ld 0,0, "bin/vxWorks-xxx/vxTestHarness.munch"
>    epicsRunLibComTests
> 
> Any test failures in the results should give a few ideas of places that will 
> need a closer look.
Sounds good
I will do that next :)

Cheers
Ernest

> 
> - Andrew
> -- 
> If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will
> scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will
> refuse to believe it.  If, on the other hand, he is offered something
> which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he
> will accept it even on the slightest evidence.  -- Bertrand Russell
> 

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
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